Cylinder head gasket (Renault Kangoo 1)

Special tool and equipment required

• Mot. 588 Cylinder liner retainer.
• Mot. 591-02 Magnetic support indicator for angular tightening of bolts.
• Mot. 591-04 Angled tightening key.
• Mot. 1159 Device for supporting the engine on the subframe.
• Mot. 1202 Pliers for elastic clamps.
• Mot. 1273 Belt tension gauge.
• Mot. 1311-06 Fuel line removal tool.
• Device for supporting the engine.
• Torx bit 55.

Tightening torques, Nm

• Tension roller mounting nut: 50.
• Crankshaft pulley bolt: 20 + 68° ±6°.
• Engine pendulum mount upper bracket bolt: 62.
• Upper engine pendulum mount bracket nut: 44.
• Wheel mounting bolts: 90.

Removal

1. Place the vehicle on a two-post lift.

2. Disconnect the battery.

3. Remove:

• engine hood;
• timing belt for the gas distribution mechanism.

4. Drain the cooling system by disconnecting the drain hose on the radiator.

5. Install tool Mot. 1159 between the subframe and the cylinder block.



6. Fit the Mot. 1159 tool bracket to the coolant hose mounting on the cylinder block, then remove the engine support tool.





7. Remove:

• connector, as well as a tube from the absolute pressure sensor;
• idle speed controller stepper motor connector.

8. Remove:

• air filter cover;
• air filter;
• throttle position potentiometer connector;
• throttle cable;
• air intake pipe, disconnecting the air temperature sensor connector.

9. Remove:

• ignition coil connectors, as well as connector 1;
• ignition coil 2;
• hoses 3, as well as connector 4;
• hose 5;
• lifting eye 6;
• fuel supply and return pipes 7 using tool Mot. 1311-06;
• injector connectors;
• cylinder head cover.

10. Remove the sensor connectors and hoses on the thermostat housing.





11. Remove:

• heat shield and exhaust pipe;
• generator;
• power steering pump mounting bolt and move the pump to the side.

12. Remove:

• nut 10;
• bolt 11 of the bracket and unscrew nut 12;
• bolt 13 for fastening the oil dipstick guide tube.

13. Disconnect the electrical harness from the holder.

14. Remove the cylinder head mounting bolts, except for bolt F, which only needs to be loosened, then remove the cylinder head around this bolt.





15. Remove the cylinder head.

16. Install the cylinder liner retainers Mot. 588.

Cleaning and checking

Caution! Do not clean the mating surfaces of aluminum parts with a tool with a sharp edge. Use Decapjoint to dissolve adhering gasket residues.

1. Apply the composition to the surface to be cleaned. Wait about ten minutes, then remove the stuck remains of the gasket with a wooden spatula. It is recommended to perform this operation with gloves.

Caution! This operation must be carried out carefully to avoid foreign particles from entering the pressurized oil supply system to the camshaft (the channels are located in the cylinder block and cylinder head).

Failure to comply with this requirement may result in clogging of the rocker arm jets and cause rapid wear of the cams and rocker arm bearing surfaces.

2. Check the deformation of the mating surface. The maximum permissible non-flatness is 0.05 mm.

Caution! Grinding of the mating surfaces of the cylinder head is not permitted.

3. Check the cylinder head for cracks.

Installation

1. Remove the cylinder liner retainers Mot. 588.

2. Make sure that the centering sleeve A is present.



3. Place the cylinder head gasket carefully.

4. Lubricate the threads and the bottom of the bolt heads with engine oil.

Install the cylinder head (short bolts on the intake manifold side).

5. Tighten the cylinder head mounting bolts (see chapter "Maintenance").



6. Install the timing belt.

7. Install heat shields.

8. Install in the reverse order of removal.

9. Fill with coolant and bleed the cooling system (see chapter "Maintenance").

10. If necessary, adjust the clearances in the valve drive mechanism (see chapter "Maintenance").